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Telecommunications and Postal Services
Committee will host an ICT Seminar, focusing on sectors developments (telecoms, postal services, e-Government and ICT ecosystem) in last 20 years
4 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services held a second seminar continuing with the topic on the sector’s developments -- telecoms, postal services, e-Government and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) ecosystem -- in the last 20 years. The “internet of things” prioritised on increasing demand for connected services and ...
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Briefing by Department, Broadband Infraco, SITA, USAASA, Sentech, ICASA on broadband
14 Nov 2014
The Portfolio Committee met to discuss the broadband connectivity in schools and communities, using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the role this could play in the socio-economic development of the country. The implementation of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) focused on coordination role of the departments and how the ...
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Costs of telecommunications: Department of Telecommunications, ICASA Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom & Neotel briefings
7 Nov 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services met for a briefing by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS), Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom and Neotel, on the cost of telecommunications in South Africa. MInutes of meetings of previous meetings were ...
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Postal services & postal strike: South African Post Office & Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services briefing
31 Oct 2014
The Committee had requested a full briefing from the South African Post Office (SAPO) and Minister on the current situation in SAPO, in view of the ongoing strike action and the various issues raised in the media, and the Chairperson made it clear, from the outset, that this was a ...
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Recommendations of ICT policy review panel: Departmental briefing; Telecommunications Budget Review and Recommendations Report
24 Oct 2014
The Committee received an update on the ICT policy review project by the delegation from the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. The policy review was to separate the frameworks which had guided the sector since 1994. Much had been changed more especially in the ICT sector as it was ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department Telecommunications and Postal Services, Sentech, ZADNA, NEMISA, Broadband Infraco, SITA on 2013/14 Annual Reports, in presence of Deputy Minister
21 Oct 2014
The Chairperson noted that South African Post Office had not submitted its Annual Report and this would be taken up with the Minister. The Accounting Officer of the Universal Services and Access Agency were not available to present the report.
Deputy Minister, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize attended the meeting and gave ...
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Proclamation & establishment of new Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services: Departmental briefings; Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
17 Oct 2014
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) firstly briefed the Committee on the general audit outcomes of the former Department of Communications (DoC), which had recently been split and a new Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS), had taken over some functions. The mandate of AGSA and the purpose of this ...
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Digital Terrestrial Television state of readiness: input by Department of Communications, Post Office, Sentech, ICASA and USAASA
19 Sep 2014
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and its entities – the South African Post Office (SAPO), Sentech, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), and the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) -- briefed the Committee on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) migration programme’s ...
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Government and telecommunication companies on broadband connectivity for schools
12 Sep 2014
The Joint Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services and the Department of Basic Education met to discuss the issue of Broadband connectivity in schools using Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and the role which it could play in the educational and socio-economic development of society. The purpose of delivering Broadband ...
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Emerging trends in telecommunications and postal services: capacity building workshop for new Members
5 Sep 2014
Ericsson, a multi-national provider of communications technology and services, and the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS), briefed the Committee on the current market, technology, policy and regulatory trends in mobile broadband technology.
The pace at which the world had changed over the past 20 years was greater than during ...